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Cup Plant
Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) is a tall perennial wildflower native to central and eastern North America, where it grows in prairies, floodplains, and other moist, sunny habitats. Its opposite leaves join around the square stem, forming cup-like basins that can retain rainwater and provide drinki...
apps Top Cup Plant Alternatives
The top alternative to Cup Plant in 2026 is Ox-eye Sunflower with a score of 8.5/10, followed by Dense Blazing Star (8.4) and Prairie Coneflower (8.2).
Ox-eye Sunflower
Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) is a long-blooming perennial native to central and eastern North America, wid...
Dense Blazing Star
Dense blazing star, Liatris spicata, is a herbaceous perennial in the aster family native to moist prairies, meadows, an...
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) is a native wildflower of North American prairies recognizable by its tall cyl...
Yellow Coneflower
Yellow coneflower, Ratibida pinnata, is a perennial wildflower native to prairies, savannas, and open woodland edges in...
Prairie Dock
Prairie dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum, is a long-lived perennial in the aster family native to tallgrass prairies and...
Maximilian Sunflower
Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) is a tall perennial sunflower native to the central and western regions of...
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Spotted Joe-Pye weed, Eutrochium maculatum, is a tall perennial native to moist meadows, marsh edges, and stream banks a...
Culver's Root
Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum, is a tall herbaceous perennial native to eastern and central North America. Its...
Yellow Wild Indigo
Yellow wild indigo, Baptisia tinctoria, is a herbaceous perennial in the legume family native to dry woods, open fields,...
Green-headed Coneflower
Green-headed coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata, is a tall perennial wildflower native to much of North America. Its flower...
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Shrubby cinquefoil, Dasiphora fruticosa, is a deciduous flowering shrub with a broad circumboreal distribution across no...
Wreath Goldenrod
Wreath goldenrod, Solidago caesia, is a perennial wildflower native to eastern North America and a member of the aster f...
Common Goldenrod
Common goldenrod, Solidago canadensis, is a perennial flowering plant in the aster family, native to much of North Ameri...
Wild Senna
Wild senna is a tall perennial legume native to eastern North America, commonly classified as Senna hebecarpa or the clo...
Sky Blue Aster
Sky blue aster, Symphyotrichum oolentangiense, is a perennial wildflower native to central and eastern North America. It...
Partridge Pea
Partridge pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata, is an annual legume native to much of eastern and central North America. It bea...
Tall Goldenrod
Tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima, is a perennial member of the aster family native across much of North America. It fo...
Rosinweed
Rosinweed, Silphium integrifolium, is a tall perennial wildflower native to prairies and open grasslands of central Nort...
Purple Meadow Rue
A tall native perennial of North American wetlands and prairies reaching up to 6 feet, producing feathery clusters of pu...
Showy Tick Trefoil
Showy tick trefoil, Desmodium canadense, is a perennial legume native to much of eastern and central North America. It p...
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